Checklists

requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: CLI Backward-Transition Emit Path

Purpose: Validate specification completeness before /spec-kitty.plan. Created: 2026-05-17 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • ✅ No implementation details beyond what the bug-location requirements demand (specifying that the hotspot is tasks.py:1710-1730 is intentional — the issue is a wire-shape bug in known code).
  • ✅ Focused on user value (reviewers/operators) and business needs (planning#16 root-cause fix).
  • ✅ Stakeholder readable in Purpose, Context, Scenarios; technical detail confined to Hotspot, FRs, NFRs.
  • ✅ All mandatory sections completed.

Requirement Completeness

  • ✅ No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers remain.
  • ✅ Requirements are testable: each FR maps to either a named code location, a named test name, or a verifiable wire-shape property.
  • ✅ FR / NFR / C separated in distinct tables.
  • ✅ IDs are unique (FR-001..FR-012, NFR-001..NFR-005, C-001..C-006).
  • ✅ Every requirement row has a non-empty Status.
  • ✅ NFRs have measurable thresholds (30s test runtime, exit 0 for lint/type, ≥90% coverage).
  • ✅ Success criteria measurable (exit codes, walkthrough time, fixture match).
  • ✅ SCs are technology-agnostic in framing; the uv run pytest tooling is the charter's standing convention, not an SC choice.
  • ✅ Acceptance scenarios defined (primary, secondary, tertiary + acceptance rule).
  • ✅ Edge cases identified (explicit --force on backward = use existing path; terminal-lane exits preserved).
  • ✅ Scope bounded (Out of Scope section explicit).
  • ✅ Dependencies + assumptions identified.

Feature Readiness

  • ✅ Every FR has clear acceptance criteria (testable property).
  • ✅ User scenarios cover primary flows.
  • ✅ Feature meets measurable outcomes (SC-001..SC-005).
  • ✅ No implementation details leak beyond what's required for bug-location fidelity.

Notes

  • The Hotspot section pins concrete line numbers (1710-1730). This is appropriate for a known-bug fix and was explicit in the implementation prompt at IMPLEMENTATION_PROMPT_planning16.md.
  • FR-009 cross-loads Mission 1's wp-status-changed-approved-rewind-valid fixture — this is the canonical contract oracle and is the strongest test of wire-shape conformance.
  • FR-010 reaffirms C-004 (no mutation of 22 dev evidence events) so it cannot be missed during implement.

Validation pass: 1/1. Ready for /spec-kitty.plan.